Senior Administrator

The Earls High School, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3SL

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,207.00 - £23,669.00 Annually (Actual) Pay award pending. Salary stated is pro rata's for 38 weeks paid over 12 months

Senior Administrator job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our school at the heart of its daily operations, supporting staff, students, families, and the wider community.

As a key member of our administrative team, the Senior Administrator plays a central role in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of our school reception and student services. This new position has been created to strengthen our office capacity and enhance the quality of our front‑of‑house, communication, and organisational systems.

In this pivotal role, you will:

Work as part of the team, ensuring appropriate rotas and cover are in place so that school and student service areas are welcoming, tidy and project a professional image. This will also involve working on reception and student services as part of the team.

• Manage classroom cover one day per week, coordinating arrangements and communicating effectively with staff and supply agencies to minimise disruption to learning.
• Working with our Administration Manager to support our school website, social media channels and communications to stakeholders, ensuring content is up-to-date, engaging, and reflective of our school’s values and achievements and that broadcast parent communications are in-line with our communications plan in both timing, theme and tone.

We are looking for someone who is highly organised, confident in using digital tools, calm under pressure, and able to build positive relationships across the school. If you are motivated, adaptable, and thrive in a busy environment where no two days are the same, we would love to hear from you.

The hours for the role are Mon - Thu 8:15am - 4.15pm and Friday, Fri 7am - 2.15pm. The role is 37 hours per week, term time only 38 weeks per year. The role sits within the admin and resources team which is led by the Administration Manager with a further four members of staff.

The Earls High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will carry out pre-appointment checks including DBS and will disqualify any applicant where we consider the outcomes to be unsatisfactory. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

We are equally committed to ensuring that no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of their protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Earls High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Earls High School

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1293 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Earls High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-earls-high-school-halesowen

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